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Sericite from
Copper Basin Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Basin Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:716703
Long-form Identifier:1:3:716703:4
GUID (UUID V4):af4bea14-8f4a-47db-8d15-edc3499f1fbc
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
1.3km (0.8 miles) Copper Basin, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Turquoise King prospect, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) Copper Canyon mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) Tomboy Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
19.8km (12.3 miles) Buffalo Valley Molybdenum Prospect, Lander County, Nevada, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) Betty O'Neal mine, Lewis Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
26.5km (16.5 miles) Fish Creek prospect, Fish Creek Mountains, McCoy Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
29.8km (18.5 miles) Mule Canyon deposit, Shoshone Mountains, Nevada, USA
33.6km (20.9 miles) Cove mine (McCoy-Cove mine; McCoy mine), McCoy Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
33.7km (21.0 miles) Cove Mine, McCoy Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization at the Lone Tree Mine, Battle Mountain District, Nevada Elizabeth A. Holley,1,† Justin...Michael J. Pribil3 1Department 2Department of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1600 Illinois...located in the northern Battle Mountain mining district, Nevada. Prior to mine closure in 2006, Santa...Wayne zone. The ore is located between the Roberts Mountain and Golconda thrusts in siliciclastic rocks of...and in the Pennsylvanian-Permian Battle Mountain and Edna Mountain Formations, and above the Golconda
Report (volume)
BULLETIN 594 SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL...BULLETIN 594 SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL...of metallization 23 Silver-lead deposits 2 25 2 Copper deposits 26 Deposits of the early Tertiary ( ?)...of the ore deposits 2 27 30 Mining districts 2 Hayden Hill, Lassen County, Cal 2 30 30 Location and accessibility...filling 3 42 CONTENTS. Mining districts—Continued. Hayden Hill, Lassen County, Cal.—Continued. Ore deposits—Continued
Thesis/Dissertation
Distribution of the Buffalo Valley Gold Deposit, Battle Mountain, Nevada by Kathryn Sechrist A Prepublication Manuscript...is one of many midTertiary gold-(copper) deposits in northern Nevada that contains porphyry dikes fringed...Not far from the deposit there are a number of copper-poor Carlin-type deposits without skarn. The Buffalo...on west-central edge of Battle Mountain. The Buffalo Valley, Phoenix (Copper Canyon, Fortitude), and...porphyry-related skarn deposits in the greater Battle Mountain area that are related to intrusions. Buffalo
Report (issue)
the Antler Peak Quadrangle Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 459-B...the Antler Peak Quadrangle Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada By RALPH J. ROBERTS and D. C. ARNOLD GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL Summary of base- SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...and precious-metal deposits in the Battle Mountain mining district UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING..._________________ Battle Formation ____ - ______ -- _____ Antler Peak Limestone______________ Edna Mountain Formation_
Report (issue)
Trip 3: Great"Basin Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposits: Yerington, Robinson, Hall, Bingham Canyon October, 1994... L Bootprints Along the Cordillera' Porphyry Copper Deposits from Alaska to Chile Dear Field Trip...of the Arizona Geological society, society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., and the U. s...We also want to thank collectively, all of the mining companies and staff who graciously allowed us to...MINERALIZATION ALONG THE 1-80 CORRIDOR, RENO TO BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA R. Cuffney, R. Atkinson and R. Buffa Revised
Report (issue)
Chapter E Gold in Porphyry Copper Systems Gold in the Bingham District, Utah By EDWIN W. TOOKER Gold...the Butte District, Montana By EDWIN W. TOOKER Gold in the Ely (Robinson) Copper District, White Pine...Pine County, Nevada By LAURENCE P.JAMES The Tomboy-Minnie Gold Deposits at Copper Canyon, Lander County...County, Nevada By TED G. THEODORE, STEPHEN S. HOWE, and DAVID W. BLAKE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1857...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gold in porphyry copper systems. p. cm. (Geology and resources of gold
Report (issue)
Geologic Map of the Galena Canyon Quadrangle, Lander County, Nevada by JeffL.Doebrich1 Open-File Report 94-664... Prepared in cooperation with Santa Fe Pacific Mining Inc. under Cooperative Research and Development...MS-176, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, 89557-0047 DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITS Qd... Tgp Mine dump (Holocene) Present around active and abandoned mining operations in the Copper Canyon...Canyon, Iron Canyon, an Copper Basin areas Flood plain deposits (Quaternary) Includes sand, silt, and clay
Report (issue)
Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California...Ludington3 Open-File Report 96-712 1996 1 Reno, Nevada 89557 2 Denver, Colorado 80228 3 Menlo Park, California...Canada 7 U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca, Nevada 89445 This report is preliminary and has not been........................................ Porphyry copper (molybdenum) deposits (models 17, 21a of Cox and......................................16 Porphyry copper-gold deposits (model 20c of Cox and Singer, 1986)
Report (issue)
HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ROCKS ALONG THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN-EUREKA, NEVADA MINERAL BELT USING LANDSAT IMAGES ......... 18 10 | i ! Copper Canyon. .................... 18 Copper Basin ..................... 18...COLOR-RATIO COMPOSITE IMAGE . . . . ..... 32 Battle Mountain. ................ ..... 33 Topographic Effects...OF FIGURES 3 Figure 1 - Index map of the Great Basin physiographic province. 4 Figure 2 - Map of the...areas of s- 5 hydrothermal alteration along the Battle Mount a in -Eureka e mineral belt ..........
Report (issue)
Molybdenum Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PA...MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT AND SURROUNDING AREA, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA FRONTISPIECE. Buckingham area. Group...Molybdenum Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada By TED G. THEODORE, DAVID W. BlAKE, THOMAS...JOHNSON and a section on SUPERGENE COPPER DEPOSITS AT COPPER BASIN By DAVID W. BLAKE and a section on...GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER ENVIRONMENT IN THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA U.S. GEOLOGICAL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
section on Periods of Plutonism in North-Central Nevada MILES L. SILBERMAN AND EDWIN H. MCKEE Abstract...significant production in only one district, Battle Mountain (Copper Canyonand CopperBasin), where cal...arsenopyrite,sphalerite, and galena was mined as copper-gold ore. Base-metal replacement deposits occurat...occurat Eur4ka (silver-gold-leadzinc) and Copper Canyon (copper-goldand zinc-lead-silver). Peripheral gold-silver...gold-silver depositsoccur at Eureka and Copper Canyon. Disseminatedgold depositssuchas Carlin, Cortez,
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist
Report (issue)
MANAGEMENT'S WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT AND SURPRISE RESOURCE AREA, NORTHWEST NEVADA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA... MS 176, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557-0047 CONTENTS Introduction........................................ Northern Nevada Rift ............................................assessment of BLMadministered lands in northwest Nevada and northeast California. The project area is composed...(RAs), totalling 13.5 million acres, in northwest Nevada and northeast California (figs. 1, 2). The SonomaGerlach
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst
Report (issue)
the Antler Peak Quadrangle Humboldt and Lander Counties Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...Humboldt and Lander Counties Nevada By RALPH J. ROBERTS, GEOLOGY OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL...regional relations of geologic units in a complex mining district \ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...the Antler Peak quadrangle, Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964... in pocket. Bibliography: p. 87-90. 1. Geology-Nevada-Antler Peak quadrangle. I. Title. II. Title: Antler
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...Friends of Mineralogy, and especially the Great Basin Chapter, for their foresight and enthusiasm in initiating...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk
Report (volume)
Director ' Bulletin 648 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...Clark County.......................................................'.. Gold Butte mining district.................... Lincoln mine........................................ Bennett mine.........................gneiss............................. Gold Butte Mining Co................................. New Era group...prospects...................................... Elko County...............................................
Book
Pale-blue turquois; Gove Turquois mine, near Cottonwood, San Bernardino County, Cal. Fie. . Turquois matrix;...Turquois mine, m Nye County, near Millers, Nev. Fia. Turquois matrix; Weber mine, Belmont, Nye County, Nev...Azure mine, Burro Mountains, N. Mex. Fic. . Cobweb turquois matrix; Southwest Turquois Co. mine, Mineral...Myers and Bona Turquois mine, 13 miles north of west of Millers, Esmeralda County, Nev. -7. Split veinlet...student at Yale University; Los Angeles Gem Co. mine, Mineral Park, Ariz. Fia. Fi. Fic. Fic. Fic. ia
Report (issue)
MANAGEMENT'S WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT AND SURPRISE RESOURCE AREA, NORTHWEST NEVADA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA...Field Office, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0047 2U.S. Geological Survey, Unit...Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, an area covering 13.5 million acres in northwest Nevada and...Conservation Area), and the impact of mine dewatering on drainage basin groundwater resources (for example...example, the Humboldt River drainage basin). Primary objectives of this assessment include 1) identifying areas
Report (issue)
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GOLD METALLOGENY OF NORTHERN NEVADA Richard M. Tosdal editor Open-File Report 98-338-6...Contributions to the gold metallogeny of northern Nevada Preface R.M. Tbsdfl/.............................understanding the crustal structure near the Battle Mountain-Eureka mineral trend from geophysical constraints...Regional crustal structure beneath the Carlin Trend, Nevada, based on deep electrical geophysical measurements...mapping of crustal structure in the northern Great Basin and relationships to Au deposit trends J.L Wooden
Report (issue)
Geochemistry of the Copper Canyon Porphyry Copper Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada GEOLOGICAL...Geochemistry of the Copper Canyon Porphyry Copper Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada By TED G....GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER ENVIRONMENT IN THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...and stratigraphic features of the mining district Geology of the Copper Canyon area ......................-··-·····-·-········-·--·-···--··············· Battle Formation ··········-···---·······---···-·-··-
Book
f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered
Report (issue)
RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation with Nevada Bureau of Mines...Acknowledgment -Mining districts Commodities Production Descriptions of mining districts . Alder district-Aura district...district -Beaver district Black Mountain district Bootstrap district Burner district Burns Basin district--...-Carlin district Cave Creek district ----Charleston district_--Coal Mine district~ Contact district Cornucopia...Cornucopia district - -Corral Creek district - Decoy district Delano district Delker districtDivide district
Book
Turquoia mine, near Cottonwood, San Bernardino County, Cal. Turquois matrix; Royal Blue Turquoie mine, in...in Nye County, near Millers, Nev. Turquois matrix; Weber mine, Belmont, Nye County, Nev. Dark-blue turquoisj...turquoisj AzUJ'8 mine, Burm Mountains, N. Mex. Cobweb turquois matrix; Southwest Turquois Co. mine, Mineral Park...Myen &nd Bona Turquoia mine, 13 miles north of we!Jt of Yillen,, EsmentJda County, Nev. • Flo. 7. Split...Gem Co. mine, Mineral Park, Ariz. Flo. 8. Pendant of turquoia matrix; ~ti.thwest Turquois Co. mine, Mineral
Report (volume)
sections of Au-skarn deposits in north-central Nevada 8 Map showing distribution of Au-skarn districts...zoned garnets from oxidized skarn, Surprise Mine, Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of garnet...five Au-bearing skarn systems in north-central Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of pyroxene...three Au-bearing skarn systems in north-central Nevada 17 Photomicrograph showing massive garnet partly...skarns 22 Graphs showing gold grade compared with copper grade and silver grade 23 Contents Ill TABLES
 
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